“antigen rapid test” or “ART” means an antigen rapid test carried out in Singapore in relation to an individual, the purpose of which is to test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in that individual;
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“at-risk individual” means an individual who —
(a)
on or after 26 March 2020, enters Singapore (by land, sea or air) from a country or territory outside Singapore;
(b)
comes into contact or has come into contact with any other individual who is, or is suspected to be, infected with COVID‑19;
(c)
has undergone a PCR test and the test result is pending or uncertain; or
(d)
on or after 26 March 2020, appears to the specified person to be or have been exposed to the risk of becoming infected with, or a carrier of, COVID‑19;
“authorised accommodation worker” means an individual who is —
(a)
deployed at work in a place of accommodation providing any sleeping facilities and residential accommodation in the course of any business; and
(b)
authorised by a specified person to exercise a power under these Regulations;
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“COVID-19” means the infectious disease known as Coronavirus Disease 2019;
“mode of transport” does not include passenger travel by air or sea, or passenger travel on a rapid transit system or a bus;
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“PCR test” means a polymerase chain reaction test carried out in Singapore in relation to an individual, the purpose of which is to test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in that individual;
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“place of accommodation”, for an individual, means —
(a)
a house or flat in Singapore that is the individual’s home in Singapore or a room which is within that house or flat;
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(b)
any other premises in Singapore that the individual is ordinarily resident at when in Singapore or a room which is within any of those premises; or
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(c)
a room, or a partitioned-off space for sleeping, that is in a hotel, hostel, guesthouse, serviced apartment or dormitory or in any other premises in Singapore that provides sleeping facilities and residential accommodation, whether or not other accommodation is also provided;
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“relevant medical certificate” means a medical certificate issued by a medical practitioner with a valid practising certificate —
(a)
certifying that an individual has acute respiratory symptoms and excusing the individual from work or school for a period specified in the medical certificate not exceeding 5 days; or
(b)
certifying that an individual has tested positive in a serology test conducted on or after 1 July 2020 and excusing the individual from work or school for a period specified in the medical certificate not exceeding 14 days,
but does not include a medical certificate issued to an individual mentioned in paragraph (b) who has, at any time before undergoing the serology test for which the medical certificate is issued, tested positive in an earlier serology test;
“respiratory specimen” includes human biological tissue, saliva or mucus;
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“serology test” means a COVID-19 serology test;
“specified person” means the Director or any police officer, immigration officer or Health Officer;
“traveller” means an individual described in paragraph (a) of the definition of “at-risk individual”.
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(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, where an individual undergoes —
(a)
a test or tests consisting of PCR test or tests only;
(b)
an ART or 2 or more antigen rapid tests only; or
(c)
a series of tests consisting of PCR tests and antigen rapid tests,
the individual’s test result is treated as negative for SARS-CoV-2 under the same conditions as described in regulation 8(1), (2) or (3) (as the case may be) of the Infectious Diseases (COVID-19 Access Restrictions and Clearance) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 273/2021).